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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1977-10-27, Page 22 RETIREMENT DANCE for DOUG KNOWLES DASHWOOD COMMUNITY CENTRE Fri., Oct. 28 Dancing 9 - 1 HAM & TURKEY SMORGASBORD at BRUCEFIELD UNITED CHURCH sponsored by St. Andrews United Church, Kippen Wed. Nov. 9 5 - 8 p.m. Music by Country Unlimited $5,00 per couple Tickets available at Bank Of Montreal Exeter Advance tickets only Adults 4.00 Children $1.75 (12 & under) Phone 262-5042 c FISHERMAN'S COVE GRAND BEND 63 RIVER ROAD FISH & CHIPS CHICKEN & CHIPS SHRIMP & CHIPS LIGHT LUNCHES Eat In or Take Out Grand Bend 63 River Road 238-2025 Party Joe Regier Fri., Oct. 28 at DAVE MORRISSEY'S PAINT SHOP Everyone Welcome Maitland Trail Association ANNUAL MEETING Thurs. Nov. 3 8:00 P.M. at Robertson r Public tclii;61 (Music Room) 125 Blake St. West Goderich, Ont. Everyone Welcome Films Refreshments Coming Events At Pineridge Chalet R.R. 2, Hensall Sat., Oct. 29 Hallowe'en Masquerade Mozart's Melody Makers Fri., Nov. 4 Wedding Reception Sat., Nov. 5 Joe Overholt & The Standbys Sat., Nov. 12 Madhatters For Reservations Phone 262-2277 236-4610 236- 4213 NOTICE of Public Meetings Planning Workshop Program Hay Township Secondary Plan. Introductory Workshop Thursday, Oct. 27, 1977 Agriculture Wednesday, November 2. Recreation Thursday, November 10. Urban Development Thursday, November 17 Natural Environment and Extractive Resources Thursday, November 24. Summary Workshop Thursday, December 1. All Workshops Commence 8 p.m. Hay Township Hall, Zurich The Best In Country Music South Huron Rec, Centre Fri., Nov. 11 The Ronnie Robbins 'Show Featuring The Myers Bros. & The Jubilair's TICKETS $5.00 SHOW STARTS 9:00 P.M. Tickets Available At Jerry MacLean a Son and Gorcrs Variety - Exeter EXETER LIONS NEW YEARS EVE BALL SOUTH HURON RECREATION CENTRE Music by A Mozart's Melody Makers $20.00 per couple Dancing 9 - 1 Limit of 250 couples Tickets available at Livingstone's United And In Remembrance R. E. Pooley Legion Branch — Exeter 167 invites you to join them in the Trivitt Memorial Church followed by laying of wreaths'at the cenotaph All veterans in Exeter and surrounding area are urged to participate in the annual Remembrance Day Parade. Veterans will meet at the Legion Hall, 10:15 a.m. and proceed to Church for service. Thence to the cenotaph for the laying of wreaths and the last post. Medals will be worn. Remembrance Service at Usborne Central School Thursday, November 10 - 11:00 A.M. Wreath Laying Service, Etc. — Public Cordially Invited LEGION HALL Guest Speaker - MR. BRUCE MURRAY The popular and humorous speaker from St. Mary s. He gets better every time he speaks. You won't want to miss him. ALL VETERANS AND LEGION MEMBERS (Life, Ordinary and Honorary) WELCOME z to attend a Presentation On our upcoming Trips to Bermuda departing January 11/78 and Australia, .New Zealand and Fiji departing February 18/78 Come to the Community Centre, Dashwood Monday, Nov. 7 PROGRAM TO INCLUDE A•short film presentation followed by a question and answer period. Refreshments will be served! FETTES Tours & Travel Ltd. 144 MAIN ST MOUNT 1.01IFST. ONT CANADA ST ANDMOY StMITCHEL/. TNT Coml.. Travel tern,/ Sn pn ,non. Traits Mitchell 348-8492 Please compare our quality, included lealures, pick-ups, and prices with others. "We are proud of our tours" at 7:30 p.m. tours of the hall for area school children and a display at the fair, two demonstrations on safety equipment at the public school. Pao. 22 Times-Advocate, October 27, 1977 Big jump in losses a A philosophy of prevention should be adopted toward the problems that bring children and parents before juvenile and criminal courts, Judge. Ross Fair told a large gathering Tuesday night, He was speaking at theannual banquet and awards night of the Family and Children's Services of Huron County (formerly the Children's Aid Society) at Pineridge Chalet, near Hensall. Judge Fair is a senior provincial court judge in the family division at Kitchener. Many of the county's 140 foster parents were in the audience, as well as em- ployees of the FCS. Preventive work would forestall the need for much in- stitutional care and many placements in foster homes. "The difficulty is getting money for preventive work" he said. It was easier to obtain for support, protection or institutions. Government personnel were not hard hearted but saw themselves as accountable for money spent. Proving in dollars and cents the ,peed for preventive programs was difficult but necessary. It would save the country literally millions of dollars, while earlier aid would give children and their families a much better chance of straightening out their lives, ' The judge, who has worked for 11 years in family court, said he always had hope when the parade of children passed him there. Often, the best immediate hope for them was that a good foster home would be available. If competent,,willing foster parents could be found for each of these children, it would greatly reduce the need for institutional help. The number always seemed insufficient. "Foster parents aren't in it for the money" he commented, adding that they take on the role knowing that it requires much giving. It was impossible to measure their contribution, no matter where. "Children's needs are as great in the country as in cities." He defined the competent foster home as one in which compassion and understanding were extended to the child. For the first time, a child might learn that there could be discipline without harshness, indifference or abuse. The judge mentioned also the importance of the inter- action between foster-child and ,children in the foster-home, From them he could learn much about obligations, love, patience, tolerance, self-control and respect for others' opinions. He could learn to accept challenge, seek success and learn also to accept failure gracefully, "We want the child to learn what life is about," said Judge Fair. "Many of the children the courts encounter have had none of this". There are problems associated with temporary care arrangements. The child goes through a crisis while settling down and trying to find his feet in a strange environment. HiS own parents are often hostile toward him as well as toward the judge and the court. The ,ultimate goal is always to reunite child and family. Foster parents in a sense win by losing. They form attachments for their charges, but know they must eventually return them to their own homes. The Family and Children's Services work with family, as well as child, helping parents ,gai,n insights.,...and, improve parenting skills. "Most parents have the normal human urge to look after their own children", he said. The children themselves, no matter what the conditions in their own homes, always yearned to return. It was unfortunately true that youth correctional centres were the only place for some young people. For them, too, the eventual problem centred round return to the community. Recruitment of foster parents for this group was necessary too. Judge Fair disagreed with those who claimed society was going to the dogs., Most people carry their load, don't carp a lot and get their jobs done. It was good, he said, "to get out and be reassured that there, is still in every community a solid base of responsible people," The value of foster parents could never be estimated in dollars and cents. "I don't think there is anything I can say by way of thanking you", he told those in the audience. Their reward came from the growth, development and improved 'Ford dealer on executive Brian Wonnick, president of Great West Ford Equipment Sales Ltd., Swift Current, Saskatchewan, has been elected chairman of the Ford of Canada Tractor and Equipment Operations Dealer Council. Dick Vandergunst is the new secretary, He is president of Exeter Ford Equipment Sales Ltd., Exeter. Wonnick also is the returning agricultural delegate to the North American Ford Tractor Dealer Council which convenes in Troy, Michigan in mid-December. He will serve as secretary of that council. Ted Urness, president of Hilltop Ford Equipment Sales Ltd., of Saskatoon will be the industrial delegate to the North American Council, responses of the children in their care. He concluded with a quotation from Confucius: "It is better to do a kindness near home than to walk a thousand miles to burn incense". Certificates for 20 years as foster parents were presented to Dorothy and John Scott of Goderich and Margaret Heaton of Hensall, Doreen and Stewart Dolmage of Seaforth will have theirs mailed. Muriel and Walter McClure of Seaforth received a certificate for 15 years as foster parents; while 10-year certificates were given to Lila and Lorne Thomp- son of Brucefield, Verona and Russell Snider of Zurich, and Betty and Garth Hamilton of Permit given for demolition John Blackwell, a former area resident and now a law student in Toronto, appeared to gain little support this week for his plan to save the Carling home from the wreckers' hammers. He appeared at Thursday's meeting called to discuss the new official plan, and suggested the home should be included in the list of buildings recommended for designation under the Heritage Act. Reiterating several of the points made in his' letter to this newspaper last week, he said the Carling home should be saved for architectural and historical reasons. Councillor ,Harold Patterson interrupted Blackwell to say that if he was talking about the home at the hospital he "should sit down". Undaunted, Blackwell con- tinued his appeal, saying the home was certainly of more historical value than the PUC and Bank of Montreal buildings which I were included on the list. He invited people to sign a petition following the meeting. One person clapped when Black- well sat down, although it wasn't known if that was in response to what he said or the fact he had completed his remarks.' Ben Hoogenboom, a member of the hospital boaftl, told BlackWell that a demolition permit had already been issued for the Carling home to make Way for the proposed hospital addition, Building inspector Doug Triebner confirmed this when contacted by the T-A on Friday morning. Mayor Bruce Shaw said he commended Blackwell for his stand, .and said normally he would side with him, but added that at the moment he would be one of the "brick walls" Black- well would face in his cause. "I think it will be difficult for you to find support in the com- munity," he added. Hoogenboom said .the decision to remove the Carling home had been discussed at length, However, 'he said that if any group of citizens was interested in removing the building to have it erected elsevyhere, "it's yours for the taking". Fire Chief Gary Middleton this week released the statistics for the past year, indicating a significant increase in property damage. At the fire department year end, the loss in area fires, was set at $200,700. There were a total of 42 calls, with 18 of those being in Exeter and 16 in Usborne. There were four in Stephen, three in Hay and one in Biddulph. Five firemen were injured fighting those blazes, none of them seriously. Middleton noted that 11 of the fires broke out between 6:00 p.m. and midnight, while another nine were between midnight and 8:00 a.m, The other 22 were dUring the daytime hours. The total cost in wages for operating the department last year was $15,746. This was broken down as 1,246 man-hours fighting fires, 1,006 at practice, 26 for mutual aid meetings and 81 for fire prevention inspections. Another 320 hours was spent on cleaning the fire hall, done at no charge by the firemen. Some of the non-chargeable time provided by members of the brigade also included attendance at four baby sitting courses, six Goderich. Hazel and Herbert Harrison were not present to receive theirs. Five-year cer- tificates went to Evelyn and Kenneth Boyce of Goderich and Alma ' and Ted McLean of Goderich. These will also be sent to Yvonne and Dennis Brown of Parkhill and Diane and Barry Hackett of Goderich, who were not present. f) JUDGE IS SPEAKER — Family Court Judge Ross Fair, Kitchener chats with Richard Boonstra, supervisor of Huron county's Family and Children's Services, and John Penn, Goderich, their local director. The judge was, guest speaker at the FCS annual banquet at Pineridge Chalet, near Hensall, Tuesday night. Staff photo Philosophy of prevention would halt many problems